Friday, October 17, 2008

My friend and I went to the movies last night to watch “Nights in Rodanthe” and we both got out of the theater even more in love with Richard Gere then we already were. :)

Part of the movie takes place in a beautiful beach, with a house surrounded by balconies. I can easily picture myself there, with a cup of hot chocolate and these marshmallows. Talk about a great way of spending a cold afternoon.

Place gelatin in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a whisk attachment, add 1/3 cup (80ml) cold water and let stand for 10 minutes.
Combine sugar, corn syrup and 1/3 cup (80ml) water in a saucepan and stir over medium-high heat until sugar dissolves, bring to the boil and cook without stirring until mixture reaches 121ºC/249ºF on a sugar thermometer. With the mixer on low speed, add this syrup in a thin steady stream and whisk until combined. Scrape down sides of bowl, add vanilla, increase speed to high and whisk for 8-10 minutes or until thick, white and fluffy – I used a Kitchen Aid and in 4 minutes it was done.
Sieve over the cocoa, whisk and transfer mixture to a baking paper-lined, lightly oiled 17cm-square cake pan*, smoothing top and stand overnight. Turn onto a lightly oiled cutting board and cut into squares – coating the knife with cooking spray or brushing it with oil helps a lot.

Sieve together icing sugar, corn starch and cocoa, then roll marshmallows in cocoa mixture to coat.

Marshmallows will keep for up to a week in an airtight container.

* I used a high 15cm square pan and a 20cm square pan would have been even better

Hee, you are such a girly girl Patricia :P Anyway, I applaud you for having the patience to make these, and so neatly too! (It's almost summer there, right? Or the other way round?) I imagine mine will come out in shapes of frustration!

Hi !I love the photos that come with your recipes (not only this one, all of them).This will hopefully give inspiration to me for my blog, as I love cooking as well as photography but I combine them quite rarely..

Beautiful pictures and I am ultimate sucker for your marshmallows. They look inviting!!! I tried to make marshmallows before but when I started to whip up everything in the kitchen aid, the volume just did not happen!!! Can I put it down to the fact that I live above 6,000 ft above sea level or is that just a sordid excuse? ha! ha! I know it is the latter!